Cart handle having a printed legend thereon



Dec. 31, 1968 E BuczAK 3,418,739

CART HANDLE HAvNG A PRNTED LEGEND THEREON origina1 Filed July 1o 1964 z SP Y PAlNTED LEGEND STENCILED IJnited StateS Patent O 3,418,739 CART HANDLE HAvING A 1 RI1ITED LEGEND THEREON cooonoafion and division of ap 1icafion Sef. No. 381,73Z, J1y 10, 1964. ThS ap Hcao Deci ZZ, 197, Sef. No.

ABSTRACT of THE DISCLoSURE A caft handIe compfising a U-Shaped ffame having Side afn1S coonected by a hofizontal cylindfical fnetal tube sefving aS a hand gfip, a coating (n Said tube fofIIled of a metal pfotective colofed mm of heat baked enameL a finted legend in a contfaSting colof on Said lo1, a tfanSpafont, iniection Inoldable theffnoplaSfic Synthetic feSin body of low heat conductivity Shaped aS a solid caSing eXtending thfoughout the length of the hand gfip and Sealing and pfotecting Said pfinted legend, Said fesin body fofning a cylindfical lens In11ch lafgef in diaffletef than that of the n1etal tobe which fofInS a gfi poftion of a SIIbStantial Size and -Inagnifies the legend nfatefiany.

This caSe iS a diviSion and continuation of Iny pfiof a lication Sef. No- 38L73Z filed Inly 1964, and now abandoned.

ThiS invention felates to a caff handle gfip and n1ofe pafticUlafly to a gfip having a pfinted legend vvhich iS iffemovable and fUHy pfotected.

It iS often deSifable to pfovide the handle of a n1afket caft of ofhef type of vehicle With a legend of othef deS ignatiOn S11ch as the name of the store owner of the cart, aS inSUfance against theft of othef losS. X/afiouS attefnptS have been made to mal-k SUch a caft hand-le, SUch aS by gIUing a pfinted label on the inSide of a half Sleeve and fiVeting the lattef to a Second half SIeeve on the handle, but the fivets afe obiectionable and the Inafking iS not fI11ly pfotected ffofn the Vveathef. AISo, a legend haS been ap Hed by finting a tfade nafne on a plaStic Sleeve vhich iS n1Ounted on the handle and covefed by a Second S1eeve slidably fofCed thefeovef. MoistUfe can entef betvVeen the SleeveS and diScolof the pfinting. AlSo, thiS fequifes a lafge inventofy of Sleeves and that the Sleeves be aXiaHy Stfaight of be nlade of a Soft of eXb1e fna tefial which facks dI1fabiIity of feSiStance to iIn act and cannot pfotect the legend adequately.

The )finlafy obiect of this invention is to ovefcon1e the diSadvantages inhefent in such aften1ptS and to pfo vide a caft which has a handle gfip of low heat con ductivity vVhich iS nlafked vih a legend, Such aS the ownef,S nan1e that iS legible, pefn1anent and ff111y pfo tected ffoIn the Weathef olen1entS and which cannot be femoved of altefed. othef obiectS WiH be appafent in the foHowing diScloSufeo In accofdance with Iny invenfion, I pfovide a caff handle having a desifed legend impfinted thefeon which is Sealed pefnlanently vvithin a tfanS afent Covef inS11fing hat the legend WiH alwayS be visible and pfofected ffofI1 the elen1ents of the Weathef, Such as fain of ffeez ing conditionS, and Which pfovides a handle gfip of low heat condUctivity and of high fesistance to inpact of othef destfocfive fofceS.

1efoffing to the dfawingS Showing the pfefeffed StfLlc tufe and the Sequence of StepS and an aSSociated nfolding StfuctUfe fof making the same= FIG. 1 is a ffagfnentafy pefSpective vieW of the gfip poftion of a n1etal tube which fofIns a caft handle;

FIG. Z iS a similaf view Showing the applicatiof1 of maSkS and S fay painting the gfi poftion of the handle;

FIG. 3 is a Similaf viow showing a Suitable legend stencilled on the painted poftion;

FIG. 4 iS a Sinlilaf vieW Showing the gfip poftion of the handle fofn1ed by an iniection n1olded covef iffe n1ovably Inounted ovef ond encaSing the legend;

FIG. 5 is ffagmentafy pefspective vieW of a c0m pleted handle compfiSing the gfip of FIG. 4;

FI(}. 6 is an enlafged Sectional view taken on the line oo of FIG. 4; and

FI(}. 7 is a diagfaInIflatic ShovVing of paft of a conven tional injection nlolding Inachine SI1itable fof foffning the n1olded covef which fofInS the gfi Poftion of the handle This invention is pafticulafly applicab=le to a nesting Inafkef caft Shovvn in ffly pfiof Patent 3,11Z,934 of l)ec. 3, 1963 aS vfen aS othef Inafket cafts of hand pfopeHed vehicles Such aS a baby caffiage of the like, hefein claSSied aS CaftS. The handle may be Shaped aS Shown in my pIiof patent, Which coInpfiSeS a tUbolaf n1etal poftion foffning hand gfip and afIns attaching the gfip poftion to the nndefcaffioge and it ITlay be a Single onepiece StnctUfe, as Shown pafticulafly in FIG 5, of the gfip offion nay be sepafate ffon1 the affnS. The handle gfip Stfuctufe iS pfefefably fnade of tubulaf Steel 10 (FI(} 1) which commonIy haS a diametef of about of an inch and it Inay be chfoIniun1 plated, The gfip poftion of the handle iS pfefefably Stfaight fof the convenience of the pefSon Who pUS heS the caft. It is doSifable to apply to the handIe a legend, SUch aS the tfade name of the Stofe OWnef of a deSifed pictofial deSign SUitable fof othef pufposes, Which iS affanged on the gfip )oftion of the handle of on one of the arn1S.

To pfovide this legend, I pfefefably coat the gfip pof tion of the handle aS Shown if1*FIG, Z with a Suitable pigfnent caffief Sflch aS an enaInel of lacquef of deSifed colof indicated aS fed in the figufe. This coating 12 fnay bo a SUitable enafnel of lacqnef capable of being oaked to a hafd condition and of adhefing and pfotecting the Inetal and fofming a continoous sfnooth Sufface on Which the legend of deSign nlay be applied. The coating may be appHed by a SUitable spfaying appafatus. To this end, I Inay pfovide fnaSks 14 Which pfotect the tube 10 ffoIn the Spfay ontSide of the afea to be S fay painted.

Then, the enanfe1 of lacquef iS Spfayed onto the handle between the fIlaSked poftionS to fofIn a filff1 coating. The handle is coated afound its entife cifcufnfefonce fof an aftiStic effect. Thefea ftef, the coating is baked on the hafldle if accofdance vVith Standafd pfocednfe, Such aS by S[1bjecting the gfi poftion of the handle to a tenT pefatufe of 30 F, fo hafden the enaIneL VafiouS standafd pfocedufoS and matefiaIS nfay be enTployed to pfovide this colofed coating of a lT1atefial which iS s11itable fof the application of the finted legend.

The next Step is to apply a legend, Such aS a flanfe of deSign, to thiS paint coating. of the vafious Inethods Which may be adopted, 1 pfefef to pfint the legend 1G (FIG, 3) on that coating by ffleanS of a paint, sI1ch aS an ink of a sIlitable contfaSting colof, shown in the figufe aS being of a gold colof. T11o pfefeffed pfocedufe iS that of enploying a Slik scfeen in accofd vvith the standafd pfactice which haS a pofous poftion Showin the legend Suffounded by an inlpofvious poftion, A SI1it able paint is fofced thfough the pofous poftion onto the painted handle gfip, thuS imp1`inti1g the legend on the handle. The paint of ink Inay be baked on the handle to a hafdened condition.

The pfocedufe aS above-dened haS pfovided a legend 16 on a coated poftion of the handle gfi1 which is in a contfaSting colof felative to the Coafing 1Z, The next Step, iHuStfated diagfanfnatically in FIG. 4, involveS the 

